Police in Seattle are asking for help to identify the man who allegedly raped a woman south of Seattle after pretending to be her rideshare driver.On Dec. 16, 2018, a woman left a bar in Ballard after her friend called her a rideshare home, the King County Sheriff's Office said in a news release obtained by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A man in a black vehicle, "possibly a Dodge Charger," told her he was the rideshare driver."So she went up to a couple of drivers and asked if they were her rideshare and finally one of drivers said, 'Yup – I’m your rideshare, go ahead and get in,'" Sgt. Ryan Abbott with the King County Sheriff’s Office told KOMO. “Instead of taking her home, he took her to an area in White Center off Fifth Avenue South and he raped her."Ninety minutes later, the man returned the woman to her home. In the surveillance video the man can be seen giving her back keys and a phone.Surveillance footage from the sheriff's office shows the man they need help identifying.He had not been associated with any rideshare companies, the sheriff's office said.Last week, a college student in South Carolina was killed after she mistakenly got into a vehicle she thought was her Uber.“It’s really important that you confirm that the same license plate on the car is the same license plate that is picking you up,” said Abbott. Anybody with information was urged to contact the sheriff's office at (206) 296-3311.

SEATTLE —

Police in Seattle are asking for help to identify the man who allegedly raped a woman south of Seattle after pretending to be her rideshare driver.

On Dec. 16, 2018, a woman left a bar in Ballard after her friend called her a rideshare home, the King County Sheriff's Office said in a news release obtained by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A man in a black vehicle, "possibly a Dodge Charger," told her he was the rideshare driver.

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"So she went up to a couple of drivers and asked if they were her rideshare and finally one of drivers said, 'Yup – I’m your rideshare, go ahead and get in,'" Sgt. Ryan Abbott with the King County Sheriff’s Office told KOMO. “Instead of taking her home, he took her to an area in White Center off Fifth Avenue South and he raped her."

Ninety minutes later, the man returned the woman to her home. In the surveillance video the man can be seen giving her back keys and a phone.

Surveillance footage from the sheriff's office shows the man they need help identifying.

He had not been associated with any rideshare companies, the sheriff's office said.

Last week, a college student in South Carolina was killed after she mistakenly got into a vehicle she thought was her Uber.

“It’s really important that you confirm that the same license plate on the car is the same license plate that is picking you up,” said Abbott.

Anybody with information was urged to contact the sheriff's office at (206) 296-3311.